COMPARATIVE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC STUDIES OF DOGS WITH MIXOMATOUS DEGENERATION OF THE MITRAL VALVE, DEPENDENT ON THE PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF PULMONARY EDEMA, CONSECUTIVELY INDEXED BY THE LINEAR AND WEIGHT IDEALIZING AORTIC SIZE

Abstract

Echocardiographic dimensions of 20 dogs with myxomatous degeneration of the mitral valve were compared in this paper. The patients were decided into two groups depending on the presence or absence of pulmonary edema. ERIs were obtained after consecutive indexing of Aom and Aow. In the indexing of Aom we received significant differences for aLA***, aLVODd** and aΔA**. In the indexing of Aow we received significant differences for more ERIs (wLA***, wLVODd**, wLVODs*, wΔA** and wWAd*).